RE: Failover- A Deep End introduction

["Jenkins, Graham K [IBM GSA]" <Graham K Jenkins team telstra com>]

Why not just install x386 Solaris ??


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Fletcher, Joe [SMTP:joe fletcher Metapack com]
> Sent:	Thursday, 2 August 2001 3:06 am
> To:	'redhat-install-list redhat com'
> Subject:	Failover- A Deep End introduction
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've never used linux before and I've been given a job to do using it. I
> have two Compaq Proliant 3000s, each with dual 550MHz PIIIs, 3x 18GB SCSI
> disks, 1Gb RAM, Compaq RAID controllers plus a disk array with 6x 9Gb
> drives. What I need to do is to duplicate a failover system we currently
> have running on SUN kit. The setup is one server runs production apps
> (Oracle plus some Java stuff) with the second on standby. All apps and
> data
> are on shared storage. If Prod server dies then Standby takes over. We use
> RSF-1 for the failover (www.high-availability.com) and this is available
> for
> linux.
> 
> Questions I have  centre around shared storage on Linux. How well does it
> handle it? What does linux have in the way of Volume Management
> (I'm used to Veritas, HP's LVM, Tru64 LSM etc). I've just started picking
> through the HOW-TOs and I've been through the RAID config doc but it
> doesn't
> cover what I want.
> 
> I guess what I really need to know is, "Has anyone done this before?"
> Assuming the answer is yes (must be if the failover product exists)
> I'd be grateful for any pointers, war stories, gotchas etc
> 
> MTIA
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> 
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